Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls
{{short description|Unicode block}}
{{Infobox Unicode block
|blockname = Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls
|rangestart = 13430
|rangeend = 1345F
|script1 = Egyptian Hieroglyphs
|12_0 = 9
|15_0 = 29
|note = {{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/ucd/|title=Unicode character database|work=The Unicode Standard|accessdate=2023-07-26}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/enumeratedversions.html|title=Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard|work=The Unicode Standard|accessdate=2023-07-26}}
The block range was expanded from U+13430..1343F to U+13430..1345F with version 15.0.
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls is a Unicode block containing formatting characters that enable full formatting of quadrats for Egyptian hieroglyphs.
The block size was expanded by 32 code points in Unicode version 15.0 (version 14: {{mono|1343F}} → version 15: {{mono|1345F}}), and 29 more characters were defined.
Block
{{Unicode chart Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls}}
The Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls block has four variation sequences defined for standardized variants.{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/StandardizedVariants.txt|title=Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences|publisher=The Unicode Consortium}}
Variation selector-1 (VS1) (U+FE00) can be used to expand "lost" sign shading to achieve 'continuous shading' for the following characters:{{cite book | title = The Unicode Standard, Version 15.0 | section=11.4 Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Lost Signs | publisher = Unicode, Inc | date = September 2022 | url = http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode15.0.0/ch11.pdf#G44714 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21248-egyptian-controls.pdf|title=Additional control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts|date=2021-12-22}}
- {{Unichar|13443|EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH LOST SIGN}}
- {{Unichar|13444|EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH HALF LOST SIGN}}
- {{Unichar|13445|EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH TALL LOST SIGN}}
- {{Unichar|13446|EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH WIDE LOST SIGN}}
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls block:
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| Version | {{nobr|Final code points}} | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="38" | 12.0 | rowspan="38" | U+13430..13438 | rowspan="38" | 9 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1999/N1944.pdf L2/99-008]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n1944.pdf N1944] | {{Citation|title=Encoding Egyptian Hieroglyphs in Plane 1 of the UCS|date=1999-01-09|first=Michael|last=Everson|author-link=Michael Everson}} |
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00010-n2103.pdf L2/00-010]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2103.pdf N2103] | {{Citation|title=Minutes of WG 2 meeting 37, Copenhagen, Denmark: 1999-09-13—16|date=2000-01-05|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=10.1}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15069-egyptian-plain.pdf L2/15-069]}} | {{Citation|title=Egyptian Hieroglyphs in Unicode plain text, a note on a suggested approach|date=2015-02-03|first=Bob|last=Richmond}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15149-script-rec.pdf L2/15-149]}} | {{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #143 May 2015 on Script Proposals|date=2015-05-03|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Rick|last3=McGowan|first4=Roozbeh|last4=Pournader|first5=Anshuman|last5=Pandey|first6=Andrew|last6=Glass|section=14. Egyptian}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15123r-egyptian.pdf L2/15-123]}} | {{Citation|title=Proposal to encode three control characters for Egyptian Hieroglyphs|date=2015-05-04|first=Bob|last=Richmond}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16037-script-rec.pdf L2/16-037]}} | {{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #146 January 2016 on Script Proposals|date=2016-01-22|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Rick|last3=McGowan|first4=Roozbeh|last4=Pournader|first5=Andrew|last5=Glass|first6=Laurențiu|last6=Iancu|section=14. Egyptian Hieroglyphs}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16018r-three-for-egyptian.pdf L2/16-018]}} | {{Citation|title=Proposal to encode three control characters for Egyptian Hieroglyphs|date=2016-01-26|first1=Bob|last1=Richmond|first2=Andrew|last2=Glass}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16004.htm L2/16-004]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #146 Minutes|date=2016-02-01|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=C.9.1}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16090-comment-ctl-char-egyptian.pdf L2/16-090]}} | {{Citation|title=Comments on three control characters for Egyptian Hieroglyphs|date=2016-04-18|first1=Mark-Jan|last1=Nederhof|first2=Vinodh|last2=Rajan}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16104-observ-egyptian-ctrl.pdf L2/16-104]}} | {{Citation|title=Observations: L2/16-090|date=2016-05-02|first=Bob|last=Richmond}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16156-script-recs.pdf L2/16-156]}} | {{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #147 May 2016 on Script Proposals|date=2016-05-06|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Andrew|last4=Glass|first5=Laurențiu|last5=Iancu|section=4. Egyptian hieroglyphs}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16177-egyptian.pdf L2/16-177]}} | {{Citation|title=A comprehensive system of control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic text (preliminary version)|date=2016-06-30|first1=Mark-Jan|last1=Nederhof|display-authors=etal}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16199-egyptian-suggestion.pdf L2/16-199]}} | {{Citation|title=A suggestion ... for Ancient Egyptian|date=2016-07-05|first=William|last=Overington}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16212-egyptian-cmt.pdf L2/16-212]}} | {{Citation|title=A comment about the encoding of control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic text|date=2016-07-26|first=William|last=Overington}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16216-script-ad-hoc.pdf L2/16-216]}} | {{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #148 August 2016 on Script Proposals|date=2016-07-30|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Rick|last3=McGowan|first4=Roozbeh|last4=Pournader|first5=Andrew|last5=Glass|first6=Laurențiu|last6=Iancu|first7=Lisa|last7=Moore|section=3. Egyptian hieroglyphs}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16214-egyptian-ctrl-chars.pdf L2/16-214]}} | {{Citation|title=An Extension to the three control characters for Egyptian Hieroglyphs and some additional remarks|date=2016-08-01|first=Bob|last=Richmond}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16218-cambridge-report.pdf L2/16-218]}} | {{Citation|title=Brief Report from Cambridge meeting of Egyptologists and Update|date=2016-08-01|first=Deborah|last=Anderson}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16227-egyptian-consensus.pdf L2/16-227]}} | {{Citation|title=The Universal Hieroglyphic Writing System: Consensus and possible compromise|date=2016-08-04|first=Bob|last=Richmond}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16231-egyptian-encoding.pdf L2/16-231]}} | {{Citation|title=Proposal for Ancient Egyptian encoding in Unicode|date=2016-08-04|first1=Serge|last1=Rosmorduc|display-authors=etal}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16232-quadrat-types.pdf L2/16-232]}} | {{Citation|title=Preliminary analysis of Egyptian Hieroglyph quadrat types|date=2016-08-05|first=Andrew|last=Glass}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16233-egyptian-addendum.pdf L2/16-233]}} | {{Citation|title=Addendum to: A system of control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic text|date=2016-08-05|first1=Mark-Jan|last1=Nederhof|display-authors=etal}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16203.htm L2/16-203]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #148 Minutes|date=2016-08-18|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=B.1.3 and C.7}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4873R-M65-Minutes.pdf N4873R (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4873R-M65-Minutes.doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 65|date=2018-03-16|section=M65.04d}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16210r-egyptian-control.pdf L2/16-210]}} | {{Citation|title=A system of control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic text|date=2017-01-25|first1=Mark-Jan|last1=Nederhof|display-authors=etal}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17112r-quadrat-encoding.pdf L2/17-112R]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4818-quadrat-encoding.pdf N4818] | {{Citation|title=A method for encoding Egyptian quadrats in Unicode|date=2017-05-12|first1=Andrew|last1=Glass|display-authors=etal}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17153-script-ad-hoc-rec.pdf L2/17-153]}} | {{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #151 May 2017 on Script Proposals|date=2017-05-17|first=Deborah|last=Anderson|section=2. Egyptian hieroglyphs – Quadrats}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17103.htm L2/17-103]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #151 Minutes|date=2017-05-18|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=C.7.2}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17222.htm L2/17-222]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #152 Minutes|date=2017-08-11|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=C.24}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4953-M66-Minutes.pdf N4953 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4953-M66-Minutes.doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66|date=2018-03-23|section=M66.07g, h, and k}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17353-wg2-consent-docket.pdf L2/17-353]}} | {{Citation|title=WG2 Consent Docket|date=2017-10-02|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|section=I. Changes to Egyptian Hieroglyphs Format Controls}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18036-n4926-egyptian-controls.pdf L2/18-036]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4926-egyptian-controls.pdf N4926] | {{Citation|title=Glyphs for Egyptian Hieroglyphic control characters|date=2018-01-18|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Andrew|last2=Glass}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17362.htm L2/17-362]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #153 Minutes|date=2018-02-02|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 153-C9 and 153-C10}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18115.htm L2/18-115]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #155 Minutes|date=2018-05-09|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Action item 154-A100|quote=Create new glyphs for U+13432..U+13435 based on L2/18-036 and discussion in the meeting.}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18236-nederhof.pdf L2/18-236]}} | {{Citation|title=A note on the syntax of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic control characters|date=2018-06-13|first=Mark-Jan|last=Nederhof}} | ||||
| [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5001-Format%20Control%20Names.pdf N5001] | {{Citation|title=Comments on names for Egyptian Hieroglyph control characters in PDAM 2.3|date=2018-06-19|first=Andrew|last=Glass}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18241-script-ad-hoc.pdf L2/18-241]}} | {{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC # 156 July 2018 on Script Proposals|date=2018-07-20|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|display-authors=etal|section=3. Egyptian Hieroglyphs}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18183.htm L2/18-183]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #156 Minutes|date=2018-11-20|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus B.1.1.4 and C.9.2}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5020-M67-Minutes.pdf N5020 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5020-M67-Minutes.doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 67|date=2019-01-11|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=9.3.1}} | ||||
| rowspan="7" | 15.0 | rowspan="7" | U+13439..13455 | rowspan="7" | 29 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21208-egyptian-ctrl.pdf L2/21-208]}} | {{Citation|title=Additional control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts|date=2021-08-11|first1=Andrew|last1=Glass|first2=Jorke|last2=Grotenhuis|first3=Mark-Jan|last3=Nederhof|first4=Stéphane|last4=Polis|first5=Serge|last5=Rosmorduc|first6=Daniel A.|last6=Werning}} | |
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21174-script-adhoc-rept.pdf L2/21-174]}} | {{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #169 October 2021 on Script Proposals|date=2021-10-01|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Hai|last4=Liang|section=2a. Format Control Characters}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21248-egyptian-controls.pdf L2/21-248]}} | {{Citation|title=Additional control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts|date=2021-12-22|first1=Andrew|last1=Glass|first2=Jorke|last2=Grotenhuis|first3=Mark-Jan|last3=Nederhof|first4=Stéphane|last4=Polis|first5=Serge|last5=Rosmorduc|first6=Daniel A.|last6=Werning}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2022/22023-script-adhoc-rept.pdf L2/22-023]}} | {{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #170 January 2022 on Script Proposals|date=2022-01-22|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Peter|last4=Constable|section=4. Egyptian Hieroglyphs}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2022/22016.htm L2/22-016]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #170 Minutes|date=2022-04-21|first=Peter|last=Constable|section=D.1 4a Format Control Characters and D.1 4b Variation Sequences for Egyptian Hieroglyphs}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2022/22068-script-adhoc-rept.pdf L2/22-068]}} | {{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #171 April 2022 on Script Proposals|date=2022-04-15|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Peter|last4=Constable|section=16. Egyptian Hieroglyphs}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2022/22061.htm L2/22-061]}} | {{Citation|title=Approved Minutes of UTC Meeting 171|date=2022-07-27|first=Peter|last=Constable|section=D.1 Section 16 Egyptian Hieroglyphs}} | ||||
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See also
References
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External links
- {{cite web |title=UAX #57: Unicode Egyptian Hieroglyph Database |url=https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr57/ |website=www.unicode.org |language=en}}
- [https://www.unicode.org/Public/16.0.0/ucd/Unikemet.txt The Unikemet database in Unicode 16.0.0]
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